Good evening,

Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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These are our topics of the day: On average, it takes a year longer in Hesse than in other federal states for a new wind turbine to be approved.

A post-Covid ambulance supports patients on their way back to working life.

The question of where in Frankfurt the theater and opera should be built is becoming more and more pressing.

Approvals at a snail

's pace :

38.2 months.

That's how long it takes on average in Hesse for a wind turbine to be approved.

No other federal state takes more time.

The average across Germany is 22.6 months.

These figures were presented by the "Onshore wind energy" specialist agency, which is supported by the federal government, the federal states, municipal umbrella organizations, business and nature conservation associations and companies.

Of course, criticism of Hessen's poor performance is not long in coming.

Economy Minister Tarek Al-Wazir (The Greens) tries to explain how these values ​​came about.

There have been some exceptionally long approval procedures in Hesse, which falsify the overall picture, he says.

In the case of a project near Bad Hersfeld, it took five years from the time the application was submitted to the time it was approved.

Blame is also being sought at the federal level.

Al-Wazir wants to speed up the process, with more staff and simpler rules.

Whether this will really change the statistics remains to be seen in the years to come.

doubts exist.

Because in Hesse the saying still often applies: Wind power?

Great, but please not on my doorstep!

Since the beginning of the year, 100 wind turbines have been able to go into operation in Hesse.

The emphasis is on "have".

Legal action is being taken against half of these approved wind turbines, and a construction freeze has already been imposed on some.

But isn't it too easy to look for the fault in the oh so recalcitrant citizens?

Our Wiesbaden correspondent Ewald Hetrodt asks himself this question.

Post-Covid consultation hours:

The list of post-Covid symptoms is long: difficulty concentrating, muscle pain, fatigue that cannot be shaken off by sleep.

Many of those who present themselves to the professional association accident clinic (BGU) in Frankfurt in the post-Covid consultation complain about several such symptoms.

Anyone who has been infected with the virus at their workplace is often sent to the special consultation hour.

Emergency physician Torsten Eyfferth is not surprised that the majority of women come to the clinic.

Because they are also the ones who work more often than average in nursing professions

and were therefore also exposed to a greater risk of infection and often still are.

In an interview with Torsten Eyfferth, editor Monika Ganster got an impression of the long-term consequences of Corona.

In terms of health, but also economically.

Because the reintegration of patients often takes many months - and is not always successful.

In BG clinics alone, 125,000 post-Covid cases have been recognized nationwide.

There are estimates that the number could rise to a million.

So many cases would again present the health system with a major challenge.

On the one hand, because some of the specialists who are urgently needed anyway can no longer work or can only work to a limited extent.

On the other hand,